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RIGHTLY MADE
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To Appear in The Sunday Call
VOLUME CVIL— NO. 141.
TONG MURDER
PLOT IS BARED
BY CELESTIAL
Hatchetmen Given Pistols and
Instructed to Slay Yees,
Says Witness
Secret Council of Clan Chiefs
Demands Blood When the
Money Is Refused
Yee Yin Jung Describes Plans
Made by On Yicks to Kill
Yee Foon Wo
An inside story of the murderous
deliberations of a Chinese tong waa
told in Judge Dunne's court yesterday
for the flrst time In the history of high
binder trials in San Francisco. Yee
Yin Jung, testifying as a witness for
the prosecution in the trial of Jew
Bock Hew, accused of the murder of
Tee Foon Wo, described with plenti
tude of detail two meetings of the On
Ylck tong at which he said the de
fendant and nine others were pro
vided with machine guns and Instructed
to shoot Yee Foon Wo in a vital spot —
the head or the heart.
"Be careful — the dogs are well fed,"
said Tong King Chong to the 10
hatchet men as Gee Hong On handed
them the machine guns. This graphic
figrure of speech reminded the assassins
that the \u25a0weapons were fully loaded.
The testimony of Yee Yin Jung di
rectly Involves all the other Chinese
\u25a0who have been Indicted for murder.
Gee Gong, the man already convicted
of murder, was present. So was Lee
Scut, who is awaiting trial, and Chin
Lit, who escaped after he was Indicted.
Gee Hong On. who also escaped, and
Tong King Chong. who will be tried
later, were amongst the most active
participants in the meetings.
Describes Tong Meeting
The witness Yee Yin Jung has placed
his life In jeopardy by his testimony.
He is a member of the On' Yick tong,
but his sympathy with his own family,
the Yees. proved stronger than his
loyaltr" to tha tong.
The flrsr meeting of the tong: the
witness told of was held Sunday night,'
October 31 — two days before the shoot
ing. Ten hatchet men, among whom
were Jew Bock Hew, were told there
was trouble with the Yees over the
theft of the slave girl. Bo Sue, but that
they were not to shoot any one until
after a meeting of the tong on the
Tuesday evening, at which the result
of a conference with the Yees would
be reported.
"If you are arrested we will hire
lawyers for you. and, if necessary, buy
witnesses for you." encouraged Tong
King Cheng, who did most of the talk
ing, said the witness.
Instructed to Kill
According to program the second
meeting of the tong was held at 6:40
o'clock the evening of Tuesday, No
vember 2. Delegates returned from the
conference with the Yees and reported
that the latter had refused to pay for
the girl they had stolen.
"They refuse to pay the money," Tong
liing- Chong said, addressing the armed
hatchetmen. "After you have killed
about 10 of them they will pay."
Yee Foon Wo was at the meeting.
Although a member of the Yee family,
like the witness he also belonged to the
On Ylck tong. He left the meeting
after ft. was reported his family had
refused to pay the money demanded.
"You follow him, Yee Foon Wo, and
if he tells the Yees we hay« decided to
kill, shoot him," Tong King Chong di
rected the 10 hatchetmen, according to
the witness. The armed 10 left ac
cording to instructions. Within an hour
Yee Foon Wo was shot as he stepped
from the door of the Yees in Church
alley.
The evidence of Yee Yin Jung threw
consternation into the camp of the> de
fenseu Attorneys J. E. Alexander and
James M. Hanley asked for a continu
ance to next day to have the testimony
written np. but the most Judge Dunne
would permit was an early adjourn
ment at the morning session. At 2
o'clock Attorneys Grant Carpenter and
Robert Ferral came into the case for
the first time, assisting- In the defense.
Hanley cross examined the witness
for three hours, but failed to shake his
story.
MARY MANNERING FREED
FROM ACTOR HUSBAND
Hackett Is Spared Alimony, but
Mother Gets' Child
[Spccwf Dhpalch to The Call]
NEW YORK, April 19.— A final de
cree of divorce was signed today by
Justice Fltagerald in the supreme
court in favor of Mary Mannering, the
actress, against James K. Hackett, the
actor.
The decree provides that Miss Man
nering: shall have the custody of the
couple's only child.
Hackett is prohibited from remarry
ing, and Miss Mannering is permitted
to retain the name of Mary Mannering.
No mention of alimony is made-
XRESTED POX THBEATS— Erick firosch. «c
cnuM of ttrMtMJtnir tbe lif« of Postmaster
Flcfce liersnce of dp'nyed . imaginary letters,
w*« taken Into cuatody - yesterday < by Officer
Daa DrUooU and will to examined v to his
•aclty. — — -^_
The San Francisco Call.
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALL'S
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHOXB KEAIWTV 88
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910
EDITORIAL
Retirement of Senator Aldrich. Page 0
Culture applied on punching bag. Pace 6
M onarchs perplexed about the colonel. Pace «
Market street permit definitely settled. Pace 8
POLITICAL
Militant democrats seek revenge and Congress
man Needbam's scalp. Pace 14
CITY
Barney Oldficld to take part In Shriners' auto
"CM. face 7
Paul Shoup is 'promoted la Southern l'aclnc
service. Pace 3
Census enumerators begin to report completion
of district work. 'face 3
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Mndblom present a $1,000
bell to Lutheran church. Pace IB
Shriners of Islam patrol return from their
conquest of New Orleans. Pace 10
Army and Nary club to open new quarters
with bousewamlfig May 1. Pace 1»
Highbinder tells of 'secret meetings of tongs
when murders were planned. face t
Witn««.*eß testify as to sobriety of "Jimmie"
Dunphy, husband of "Dodte." Pace 4
Chamber of commerce indorses plan for board
of conciliation for labor disputes. <--.i~-: -»
Kedfern's flight due to a woman in whose
| bouse he lodged with companion. i'ug« J
James Uoraburgh Jr. of Southern Pacific mar
j rles Mrs. Frances Baldwin .Sanborn. face I
j Commissioner Justifies slaps on dying sailor
I and dismisses complaint against Moore, Page 7
SUBURBAN
Bride of a day, is denied divorce by Judge
Waste. Pace »
Mother of fourteen children appointed census
enumerator. Pace »
Toung couple are married in automobile near
San Le&ndro. Pace 9
Matrons of Oakland smart act will be guests
of Mlws Jennie Huff. Pace S
Oakland domestic prefers soft side of a bed
to cooking family meals. Pace 8
State Sunday school association begins three I
days' meeting In Oakland. Page 8
Home of Walter 6. Mackay, Oakland business
man, ransacked by burglars. Pnee 1>
Grand Army of Republic begins forty-third
annual department encampment. Pace H
Professor Rauschentrasch discusses the social
awakening of the churches at theological sem
inary. Pace S
COAST
Cousin of king of Saxony found working in
the oil fields. face Z
Merriment and mirth will rule supreme on
Baisin day at Fresno. Pace 4
Fresno officials hear charges against resident
physician in county hospital. Pace 4
Board of inquiry is making secret investiga
tion of explosion 'en cruiser Maryland. Pace 3
EASTERN
• Marjory Gould becomes bride of J.
Drexel Jr. . Pace 5
Statistics compiled thawing cost of ' Bcaool
girls' drw*. ' , Pace '£
Rochester democrats aeon -victory for first time
in 20 years. Pa C c 1
• Kentncky assesses Southern Pacific franchise
at $3,000,000. Pacel
Trickery charged against chemists wbo ana
lyzed Swope's remains. - Pace 5
Senator Eagene Hale announces that he de
clines to make fight for office. /r; Pace 3
Expatriated Callfornlans hold annual luncheon
at Waldorf-Astoria \u25a0la New York. Pace 3
FOREIGN
Halley's comet in risible to naked eye in
different foreign lands. Pace 3
SPORTS
Undefeated champion knocks off work for day
and takes a nap. . Pa^e 10
Santa Clara athletes start training for meet
with Santa Clara. Pace U
Entries for lynch show of Golden kennel club
pouring in rapidly. ' Pnjse 10
Owen Moran starts his training at San Rafael
with a great rush. Pace 10
MerlinßO at 30 to 1 tops list of outsiders
that win at Emeryville. Pase 10
Frank Cole, negro fighter, dies as reftult of
Injuries received in bout. Pace 11
Crowd of 30,000 see* Washington downed by
Boston In the ninth Inning. Pnce 11
Prep school athletes enter for the Big "C" re
lay carnival at California. Pace 10
Senators given another beating In ninth Inning
of opening gam« of series. Pace 11
Portland wins first game of season at home
from Oakland, score 2 to 0. Pace 11
Crack Petalnma aggregation of tossere round
ing Into championship form. Pace 10
Academic eubiecgue adopts six months' rule to
govern future athletic meets. Pace 11
Veraonltps continue winning streak, defeating
Angels by the score of 4 to 3. rige 11
F. L. Cameron, Amherst runner, wins annual
Marathon race held at Boston. Pace 11
Bicycle racing seawm opens with successful
meeting held at Revere, Mass. Pace 10
Velle motor company sues A. L. A. M. f or
$500,000 damages, alleging conspiracy Pace 7
MARINE
Waterlogged steamer Santa Clara is towed
Into the harbor. Pace IB
SOCIAL
\u25a0- Miss Zellah Gibson and' Dr. H. M. Elberg will
say nuptial vown today. Pace 6
FAILURE TO PROVIDE
FOR WIFE BRINGS JAIL
Husband of 15 Year Old Girl
Must Face Trial
AIiAMEDA, April 19. — Joseph Rap
ken, a side show "spieler," was today
held to answer 'to the superior court
on a charge of failure to provide for
his child wife.
The young spouse of the defendant
testified that she was 15 years of age
when she and Rapken were married
in Oakland a few months ago by Judge
George Samuels. . She said that her
husband had paid her carfare pnee
since they were married, and that he
had never provided her with clothing,
food or shelter.
Rapken's bail was fixed at $2,000. He
was , unable to secure bail and" was
taken, to the county jail.
NEW TOWN TRUSTEES
SWORN INTO OFFICE
SAN L.EANDRO, April 19. — The throe
new members of the board of trustees.
Dr. Charles. L. Coleman, Fred . Schmidt
and ,M.» J. . Andrade, .were swoniilnto
office last night, taking the \ places of
B. F. Eber. Dr. F. C.Stoakes and M.
Santana. -Treasurer Henry Abernathy,
City Clerk J. E. Harbert and City Mar
shal M. Geisenhofer were also sworn in.
Mrs. F. C. Church, former postmistress,
presented a petition asking the trustees
to close all the saloons on. the two "days
of the cherry .festival. The communi
cation .was filed. . _.~ —-..... '
SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNES^y, APRIL - 20, 1910.
G. O. P. BURIED
BY BOURBONS
IN ROCHESTER
Democratic Victory Due to Re
publican Repudiation of the
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
Political Leaders See Further
Disaster to Part^ in New
York and Elsewhere
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
ROCHESTER, N. T.. April 19.— More
than 16,000 republican electors oi Mon
roe county registered their repudiation
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law today
by deserting- their party, and^for the
first time in 20 years returning a demo;
crat to represent, the thirty-second New
York district in'congress.
The election 'of 'James S. Havens,
democrat, over George W. Aldridge for
the unexplred term of the late James
Brock Perkins, was a crushing blow
to the administration organization in
New York and is taken by both demo
cratic and republican leaders as a
forecast of further republican disaster
in New York and throughout the coun
try.
Election Is Significant
The election. of Havens over Aldridge
Is considered even more significant of
the popular temper than was the elec
tion of Eugene Foss in the fourteenth
Massachusetts district. Tariff- reform
republicans and democrats are wildly
enthusiastic, while administration re
publicans are,- correspondingly gloomy.
iHavens made his flghtvsquarely on a
tariff reform platform. • Aldridge, his
opponent, has been the dictator of the
republican organization In the thirty
second district for 10 years. He had
the co-operation of the state and ad
ministration organizations. The cam
paign lasted only 17. days. The district
has been normally republican by ap
proximately 6,000 for 20 years. Perkins
was elected In 1908 by 10,167. liavens
defeated Aldridge today by 5,900.
The. democrats acknowledged that
one of the main factors in today's vic
tory was a personal issue raised by
Aldridge's record as party boss- and
evidence presented at the recent fire
insurance investigation. 'Aldridge ack
nowledged that he received .a --$1,0.00
check from Elijah Kennedy, an agent
of the fire insurance companies, but de
nied he benefited personally by the
transfer. He declared he turned the
money into the treasury of the repub
lican organization. ' *
Aided by Noted Speakers
Haven was helped by the democratic
national committee, which sent here
such speakers as Charles S. Hamlin of
Massachusetts, former assistant sec
retary of the treasury under President
Cleveland, and Eugene N: Foss, the
newly elected congressman from the
same state. •
In spite of the excitement of the
campaign today's election passed off
quietly with no arrests.
Voting machines are used here, and
in a majority of the 19 towns in the
county, and the result /of '• the bal
loting was known within half an hour
after the polls closed. At 6 o'clock
Aldridge's managers acknowledged his
defeat by about 3,000 plurality. A few
minutes later a complete tabulation of
the city vote showed Havens' plurality
In the city alone beat these figures.
The towns joined ' the procession .with
similar results. :.';•.... .. \u25a0
The overturning of the city was from
a republican plurality of 6,215 in the
last congressional election of 1908 to
a plurality for Havens ofl» 8,746.
The towns that In 1908 went repub
lican by 3,972 gave Havens a plurality
of 2,154.
Republfcan Reverses Heavy
The most remarkable republican re
verses occurred In some of the resi
dence wards. The ; twelfth turned a
republican plurality of - 1,652 into a
democratic plurality of 700.
The success of Havens probably
means that he will be a candidate to
succeed himself when his present" term
expires at the end of the year. The
democrats declare It means the end of
Aldridge's hopes for eleotiye office, but
are not so sanguine of their ability to
shake his hold as : political ruler of
the county, • . •
James S. Havens, the successful can
didate, Is a lawyer, and former partner
of the late Congressman Perkins.
He has never before : held public of
fice. He is regarded -as atypical demo
crat of the "old school." *
Personal Issue Blamed
WASHINGTON, April 19— Although
democratic members of congress claim
the Rochester, election today is aparty
triumph . indicative of democratic vic
tory .throughout the. country next No
vember, republicans held the personal
side of the two candidates was the
leading faotor in the result. .
SCION OF CYRUS W.
FIELD IS NOW A PAUPER
Taken to Hospital ; by '\u25a0- Salvation
Army, .Worker.
NEW YORK; April * 19.— Edward^ M.
Field, *son of Cyrus 'W/Jield of Atlantic
cable \u25a0/-'. fame, ,Is , : In , "-• Bellevue \u25a0 hospital,'
penniless and suffering -from' nephritis.
He was taken to 7 the institution' this
afternoon . \by a - Salvation -, Army: at
tache. t;t Edward v . N. v .Field £ was ."at ': one
time^a 'rich : man. inherited*
large fortune from his father, • *;:-±
TAX SOUTHERN
PACIFIC CHARTER
AT $5,000,000
Kentucky Planned $ 1 9,000,000
Assessment, but Figure Was
Cut at Hearing ,
Legislature May Force Road
From State by Repealing
Franchise Privileges, I
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
FRANKFORT, -. Ky. t April 19.— The
franchise assessment -of the Southern
Pacific company, in; which there are a
number of Pacific coast millionaires in
terested and which" holds an exclusive
charter under the laws of this state;
was fixed today at $5,000,000. which is
1 1-3 •. per . cent •of ; the- entire capital,
stock.
This assessment; is /much larger than
any assessment the*. board of valuation
and assessment, has, made 'heretofore,
but it is '$14,000,000 less.than the tenta
tive assessment iflied- by the board; and
while It is a victory, for the; state, as it
is a step; in.; the* direction of assessing
this corporation 7 ,!^ the right way, it'ia
also a great victory . for the . company,
as the assessment : is-reduced r $14, 000,
000 f rom . wh'aV " it was : originally | in-,
tended.'/ ''\u25a0 '-\u25a0 yi-'r \u25a0.: '-\u25a0\u25a0,\u25a0" '.\u25a0 \u25a0-'\u25a0
, The threat ,of Judge Alexander/ P.
Humphrey that, the. company could get
a charter: lii 'Utah: or ; Maine had noth
ing whatevefAto jdo with the action,- of
the board.? 'It 4 is considered probable
that at the next session of tile legis
lature the /special •act A urider,>which the
company -was: organized/will be re
pealed and^the charter 4>f the company
taken j fronv.it, arid iyWill be forced to
leave the 'state ory submit to- proper
taxation. '.'.
This •company -does. *i'ot own; one foot
of railroad in 'Ken/ucky,.-but it oper
ates the: Southern, /Pacific railroad.com
pany^and.half^f the ; steamship lines'
flying .thej.Ajderican' flag 1 - in the Pacl flq
ocean, and. Its capital stock is esti-
mated to b« $350,000,000.
The question whether or not the
Southern Pacific company should be
properly assessed will be one of the
Issues in the next campaign, v
The earnings, of th.c company last
year were $21,000,000 and* its earnings
this year will reach $30,000,000.
' The tax \u25a0on the franchise that the
company , will have to .pay will ibe
$26,000. . ' , . .
FARMER ELECTROCUTED
BY HIGH POWER WIRE
J. C. Hanna of Waterloo Meets
Instant Death
[Sgeciaf \u25a0Dispatch to 'The Call]
STOCKTON, April 18.— J.;-C. : Hanna,
a well to do -farmer- of -Waterloo, was
electrocuted ; at: 4:3o "o'clock this ; after
noon, while" Enßland,- a farm
hand,: was - badly . burntd and - shocked
while boring a well on the Hanna
ranch.". . \u25a0 -. \u25a0 -_ J ; -'-' --\u25a0'.\u25a0'..,-
"They were lifting- an. iron pipe out
of the .< well,- and while so Engaged the
pipe came; in contact with a power line
wire- above '60,000 -voltage; Both
menl' w,ere — : knocked, to the- ground.
Hanna was killed Instantly. -:
Miller .was hurried to this, city | and
given I attention ; at 1 - the emergency hos
pital;.;;: \u25a0;%\u25a0;;:•".;. ' .,/:..••'\u25a0,: :-: : - : ; -;»-v \u25a0-\u25a0:-.
The -deceased was: one of the V best
known farmers of -the ..Waterloo sec
tion. -> A wlf e^ three 'daughters and two
sons>urvive him^ : ''.:.\u25a0!.
SOCIALIST JAItED FOR .-\u25a0'
; fOBJECTINQrTO^POLL TAX
GRAB^TON,, III.,- April -19.— Because J.
J. t Keon,- a.\ socialist i leader,' refuse's * to
pay.', a "; poll {taxi- of, $i:soJ,he > began Xthls
afternoon^ to! serve": six. months, iny Jail.
1 , The city hall <has.<been converted-into
a Jail and'Keonjdeclaresrthatihe: will
serve^hls ; full time, rather i than jpay *,the
tax ; or ,work N it. out ; at ; 7s '"cent's , a [day/; .-.
iJ^A; jspeclal; deputy,, has; beenisworn^ih
to look , after*-* him," making: j, the {cost .of
his ' keep "t to i the: city {s3.2s a day;- ' -
BANDITS BELIVED CAUGHT
EVIDENCE POINTS TO GUILT
\ I;*.* Patrick Kindelort, the veteran Southern Pacific detective who is Vfork
hg night and day to apprehend the Benicia train Tobbers. Jn the loTorer
ycture are Constable Charles H. Palmer and Deputy Sheriff John Binning-
Ijnm,. (standing) just starting out on one of the numerous excursions from
" I y~tinez after the bandits.
HORSBURGH WINS
FAIR YOUNG WIDOW
Southern Pacific Official and
Mrs. Frances Sanborn Are ;
United in A^rrikge
While busy businessmen were wait
ing in the reception room of the offices
of James Horsburgh- Jr., general pas
senger : agent .of the Southern Pacific
company, and while railroad' officials
and clerks 1 ; were' searching the Flood
b'uHding for hlmT yesterday afternoon,
Horsburgh' was in Los" Qatos. being
quietly married to. Mrs. Frances Bald
win- Sanborn, daughter^ of \u25a0•. Mrs. Alex
ander Baldwin of that place and widow
"of S. F. Sanborn. formerly a well
known attorney of this city. - . • *.
• A part'of the passenger department
of the 1 railroad; company' had an Inkling
of what was' transpiring, but they kept
it as quiet as had Horsburgh.. When an
explanation of Horsburgh's absence was
sought,- all that could be ascertained
was :the fact that the wedding took
place yesterday afternoon: that.it'had
been simple: and jquiet, and that Hors
burgh- wanted it to" remain'*quiet. - '
' The ; weddlnsr". took • place' at -"Many
Oaks," the. Baldwin;. home at Los Gatos,
the ceremony .being; performed by- Rev.
Hi H. ,Wintler. of, -the -Presbyterian
church.*; Only ;.a. few. close- friends^ arid
relatives ''were in attendance. '.; Follow
ing:] the 'ceremony .the 'private < car/ Sun
set '.\u25a0\u2666was v attached . to?, the ' "Oregon \u25a0",;ex
press.Vand the 'couple started" on a " hon
\u25a0eymoon^trlp.: ;.:-\u25a0\u25a0 .'}' -\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 v ' .; •}
I THE^EAfHERt
YESTERDAY. — Cloudy; southwest -ami;
maximum : tempeTatuxc,&]-tfh^imum,4&.
FORECAS] ~^£QW,j:&Dji&£- UmettUd
v>cather,*ri>Hk<4ighl-^hevefs I *m the ' morning;
light south winds, changing to west
HIGH HOG PRICES
MADE TO DECEIVE
Official of Beef Company Testi
fies That Packers Adopt
1 Fictitious Competition
ST. LOUIS, April 19. — High prices of
meat are due partly to fictitious com
petition between livestock buyers em
ployed by the Swift, Armour & Morris
interests and by the National packing
company, which Is controlled by those
Interests, according to testimony this
afternoon by- A. N. Benn, vice-president
of the St. Louis dressed beef and pro
vision company. ...
'Benn testified in the Investigation of
the packing companies conducted by
Attorney General Major.
The St. Louis company is owned and
controlled by the National packing
company, according to, testimony ad
duced yesterday.
To this competition between concerns
ostensibly rivals, but really under the
same- control/ the witness specifically
attributed the recent price of $11.15 for
hogs. % \
: Benn stated that buyers ostensibly
representing the National company, but
in fact representing the ! Armour-
Swift-Morris Interests, frequently bid
against the buyers directly employed
by these interests, and thus forced up
the price of meat. The benefit of this
policy- is explained by the investigators
as producing an illusion of competi
tion in the eyes of the public.
"If looks as if the Swift-Armour-
Morris interests were really trying to
lift themselves: over the fence by their
bootstraps," commented Attorney Gen
eral Major.
"That's just what it is,"'agre«d Benn.
Butter: Prices Manipulated
CHICAGO. April 19.— Chicago butter
dealers declared that today an Investi
gation of conditions under which the
Elgin butter board fixes prices has been
started with' a view to presenting the
evidence to the United States district
attorney!
At tho meeting in Elgin yesterday, it
is declared, "by Chicago commission
men, the Elgin, board fixed the weekly
price at 32 cents, outvoting the Chl
cagoans by "packing" the meeting with
clerks and other employes.
T. E.- Purcell, a Chicago dealer, who
was-In Elgin* said:-
"The Elgin committee, as a rule,
makes the price without a single sale
and we have to suffer~from.it for the
rest of the- week.".
BOYNTON FAILS TO GET
LETTERS FROM WOOD
Education Board Upholds Su-
perintendent of Schools
/ALAMEDA. April 19.— C. "C. Bbynton.
who'ha» been In. controversy with Su
perintendent of Schools' -i"W. C. Wood
over letters; on the open . air school
question; appeared before the board of
education .tonight' to argue on the point
as tbwharconstituted privateand pub
lic correspondence."- .
maintained that It was at
least the moral duty of the superin
tendent to make public information he
had received on subjects of public* im
portance. • . - .
[The upshot was that the board '• and
Superintendent Wood .announced that
any document; addressed to" the super
intendent as T superintendent, or. to the
board :of education ..was a public: rec
ord.,: but H that correspondence '.not so
addressed .was not to be* placed in that
category. N
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SUSPECTS IN
TOILS MAY
BE TRAIN
ROBBERS
James Franklin and Fred Han
son, Arrested in San Fran
cisco, Answer Descrip
tion of Thugs
WERE OVERHEARD TALKING
OF CACHEING OF t4 SWAG"
Men, Betrayed by Police Agent,
Were Mud and Grease Be- .
\ grimed and Talked of
*V V River Trip
CONCUR IN ALIBI, WHICH
DETECTIVES SAY IS WEAK
OAKLAND, April 19 Betrayed
by an agent of the police who
seeks the reward offered for the
capture of the bandits who robbed the
China-Japan mall train, James Frank-
ltn, a cook, and Fred Hanson, a
painter, each about 25 years of age.
were arrested in San Francisco to
day by Detectives McSorley and Green.
There were numerous circumstances to
indicate that the prisoners were the
desperadoes who stopped the ntght
train at Goodyear last Saturday night,
sifted registered mail sacks and turned
loos^e an engine to wreck the ap-
proachlng westbound train. No. 8.
Suspects Fit Description
Hanson, the shorter of the two men,
tits the description of the shorter of
the two bandits more closely than any
man yet arrested. He is of the same
description in height and weight. Hl.*
'complexion is that of the bandit and he
has the gold. teeth that caused persons
to look twice at thV'short legged train
rojbber. ";
•" Franklin, the other prisoner, answers
the general description of th* taller
bandit. He was told this today by the
officers, but he did not flinch. He
merely denied that he was in that part
of the state' when the robbery was
committed.
When -closely cross questioned the
two. suspects concurred In an alibi,
which Captain of Detectives Petersen
says was probably prepared by the
prisoners before their arrest. The nar
rative Is not well connected and i 3
utterly at variance with facts.
Hanson and Franklin reached San
Francisco Sunday afternoon and until
today were in hiding. When they
reached their hiding place , they w<sre
observed by their betrayer to b« grimed
with mud and oil. as if from marsh
tramping and from handling ma
chinery.
Discussed Cacheing "Swag"
They talked In low tones within
hearing of their betrayer of a hard
trip down tha Sacramento river and the
straits of Carqutnez taken the rnornSng
of their arrival In San Fraacisco.
They were! heard to discuss the
cacheing of "swag." Their betrayer as
certained that the suspects bad un
doubtedly hidden something of valoe In
the vicinity of Martinez or of Benicta.
Lastly the police Informant stated
that Hanson and Franklin had planned
to escape from San Francisco this aft
ernoon.
In the pockets of the suspects when
arrested was found a sum of paper
money.
Captain of Detectives Petersen, Sher
iff Veale of Contra Costa county, aid
Patrick Klndelon. head of the South
ern Pacific secret service, consider this
point of the ' Utmost value. Their rea
soning is that if Hanson and Franklin
robbed a China- Japan train, they could
have reached San Francisco only over
the route they described in the pres
ence of their betrayer. In running the
detached engine of train No. 10 thetr
rough attire must have been soiled by
grease. > A trip across the river cor
responds with the finding of an aban
doned rowboat on the Martinez side of
the straits with a revolver and a pair
of field glasses. Xot less t mportant
is the fact that the bandits rifled regis
tered mall sacks and would likely,
therefore, have paper money Instead
of coin.
Prepared to Leave City
That part of the story, which the
police refuse to discuss, coincides with
the rest. The third person in the affair,
declared the man who betrayed the
suspects, knew that Franklin and Han
son would be at a certain corner In
San Francisco .this forenoon, preparing
to leave that city.
The betrayer was acquainted with ;
Captain Petersen and went to him
rather than to the railroad sleuths to
give i/p his information.' He offered to
lead the detectives to the suspects'
meeting place and In consequenoo Mo-
Sorley, and Green crossed the bay to
day and returned with the prisoners. .
Word of the capture was sent to Mar
tin<z, with descriptions of tha captured •